All Cases

Explore published cases from Stoke-on-Trent and the surrounding area.

• Man with Machete Tried to Stop Car in Norton

  2026-10-19 · Pinfold Avenue, Norton, Stoke-on-Trent

  Police received a report that a man carrying a machete had attempted to stop a moving car on Pinfold Avenue in Norton. Officers attended at about 16:40 but did not find anyone matching the description provided. After reviewing CCTV…

• Stabbing on Deakin Road in Chell Heath

  2026-10-16 · Deakin Road, Chell Heath, Stoke-on-Trent

  A man in his twenties was stabbed during a domestic incident on Deakin Road in Chell Heath. Police were called at about 10:00 following reports of a disturbance. The victim was taken to hospital with injuries that were not considered…

• Woman found dead on Clayton Lane as man arrested on suspicion of murder

  2026-10-12 · Clayton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme

  On 12 October 2026, at approximately 11:15am, Staffordshire Police were contacted by West Midlands Ambulance Service following the sudden death of a woman on Clayton Lane in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Paramedics were already in attendance when…

• Teenager murdered on Brookhouse Road in Meir

  2026-10-09 · Brookhouse Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 9 October 2026, at approximately 11:45pm, police were called to Brookhouse Road in the Meir area of Stoke-on-Trent following reports of violence. Two young men in their late teens were found with serious injuries. One was pronounced…

• Suspected arson at derelict building in Burslem

  2026-10-02 · Newcastle Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 2 October 2026, emergency services were called to a fire at a derelict building on Newcastle Street in Burslem. The incident was reported at around 2:40pm. Four fire engines attended the scene and Newcastle Street was closed between…

• Violent disorder involving metal pole on Stoke Road in Shelton

  2026-09-28 · Stoke Road, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 28 September 2026, at around 2:50pm, police were called to Stoke Road in Shelton following reports of a group of men fighting in the street. One of those involved appeared to be carrying a metal pole and was seen swinging it towards a…

• Serious Assault on Man at Morrisons in Newcastle-under-Lyme

  2026-09-24 · Goose Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

  A man was assaulted inside the Morrisons supermarket on Goose Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme at about 17:20. The victim suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital, from which he was later discharged. Staffordshire Police is…

• Man Injured in Attack on Brookwood Drive in Meir

  2026-09-19 · Brookwood Drive, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 19 September 2026, emergency services were called to Brookwood Drive in Meir in the early hours following reports of an injured man. Paramedics attended shortly before 5:05am, treated the man at the scene and took him to hospital for…

• Burglary at Burslem Community Grocery on Swan Square

  2026-09-14 · Burslem Community Grocery, Swan Square, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 14 September 2026, Staffordshire Police officers responded after an alarm was activated at Burslem Community Grocery on Swan Square in Burslem. Don Steven Milligan, 43, and Carleen Straugheir, 35, both of no fixed address, were…

• Man found injured after burglary on Blakelow Road

  2026-09-13 · Blakelow Road, Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent

  Forty-year-old Sean McCann broke into the Blakelow Road home of 87-year-old John Tester in Abbey Hulton while armed with a knife. The retired bricklayer was severely beaten, suffering wounds to his face, shoulder, arms, legs and hands, as…

• Murder of Jamie Evans in Newcastle-under-Lyme

  2026-09-04 · Orme Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme

  20-year-old Jamie Evans from Stone was fatally injured during an incident on Orme Road in Newcastle-under-Lyme on 4 September 2026. Emergency services were called shortly after 5pm. Evans was found with serious injuries consistent with a…

• Burglary at Morrisons supermarket in Leek

  2026-08-27 · Newcastle Road, Leek

  Two masked burglars stole tills from the Morrisons supermarket on Newcastle Road in Leek. The men entered the store at about 11:10pm on Thursday, 27 August 2026. CCTV footage showed that they remained inside for only around two minutes…

• Deliberate fire at Trinity House in Hanley

  2026-08-20 · Trinity House, Trinity Street, Hanley

  A large fire broke out at Trinity House on Trinity Street in Hanley city centre. Emergency services were called at about 7:15pm, with five fire crews and police attending the scene. The blaze affected the first floor of the commercial…

• Sandyford fire caused by disposable barbecue

  2026-08-13 · Sandyford Park, Sandyford, Stoke-on-Trent

  A major fire broke out in Sandyford Park, Stoke-on-Trent, on 13 August 2026 and rapidly spread to nearby gardens and homes on Sandy Road and Maureen Avenue. The blaze began on grassland behind Wignall Road. Eight fire engines, police and…

• Fatal fire on Ridgway Road in Shelton

  2026-08-08 · Ridgway Road, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent

  A 75-year-old man died in a fire at a residential property on Ridgway Road in the Shelton area of Stoke-on-Trent on 8 August 2026. Emergency services were alerted at around 12:50pm. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze and the…

• Fatal collision involving Nathan Smith in Cliffe Vale

  2026-08-05 · Shelton New Road, Cliffe Vale, Stoke-on-Trent

  45-year-old Nathan Smith died from injuries sustained in a collision on Shelton New Road in Cliffe Vale, Stoke-on-Trent. On 5 August 2026, the pedestrian was struck by a tractor. Smith was taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital…

• Burglary at a Home on Meaford Drive in Blurton

  2026-07-28 · Meaford Drive, Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 28 July 2026 at around 1:15am, three masked men burgled a home on Meaford Drive in Blurton. The intruders entered through an open front window while the resident was inside the property. They stole items worth a total of £864.50…

• Fatal stabbing of Christopher Bradbury in Stoke-on-Trent

  2026-07-23 · Ridgway Road, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent

  44-year-old Christopher Bradbury was fatally stabbed on Ridgway Road near Hanley Park in the Shelton area of Stoke-on-Trent. Emergency services were called at 7:40 PM, and he sadly died at the scene. Following an investigation by…

• Deliberate fires at Park Hall Country Park

  2026-07-19 · Park Hall Country Park, Stoke-on-Trent

  A series of deliberate fires broke out at Park Hall Country Park in Stoke-on-Trent on 19 July 2026. Firefighters spent nearly 24 hours bringing the fires under control, and Staffordshire Police said that all of the fires reported there…

• Allotment fire in Sneyd Green

  2026-07-16 · Hanley Road / Buxton Street, Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent

  A major fire damaged allotments and surrounding grassland near Hanley Road and Buxton Street in Sneyd Green. Firefighters were called at about 2:30pm and three fire engines attended the scene. Several allotments were well alight, with the…

• Arrest made after man suffers serious injuries

  2026-07-16 · Thames Drive, Biddulph, Staffordshire

  Staffordshire Police arrested a 38-year-old woman of no fixed address on suspicion of wounding / inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent. Officers were called to Thames Drive in Biddulph following reports of an injured man, who was…

• Murder of Sarah-Louise Pennington in Stoke-on-Trent

  2026-07-12 · Oakwell-Court, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

  24-year-old Sarah-Louise Pennington was found dead inside a flat at Oakwell Court (Oakwell Grove) in the Longton/Dresden area of Stoke-on-Trent. Emergency services were called to the scene at around 3:30 AM. Following an investigation…

• Man Stabbed During Disturbance on Hartshill Road

  2026-06-03 · Hartshill Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent

  A man in his 40s was stabbed during a disturbance involving a large group of people on Hartshill Road in Stoke-on-Trent. Police were called at about 9.20pm on Wednesday, 3 June 2026. Armed officers attended, safeguarded the victim and…

• Fatal Collision Involving Barry Mumford in Hanley

  2026-03-28 · Meigh Street and Burton Place, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

  Eighty-year-old Barry Mumford, from Werrington, was struck by a red Seat Leon in the area of Meigh Street and Burton Place in Hanley. The collision happened at about 11:23. Barry suffered serious head injuries and was taken to the Royal…

• MMA fighter broke reveller's leg in Hanley assault

  2025-12-14 · Stafford Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

  An MMA fighter attacked a man during a night-time incident in Hanley city centre, Stoke-on-Trent. The victim was kicked in the leg with enough force to cause a fracture, leaving him with serious injuries that required hospital treatment…

• Death of Stephen Lovatt in a Hanley Flat

  2025-11-12 · Linfield Road, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

  55-year-old Stephen Lovatt was found unresponsive inside a flat on Linfield Road in Hanley. Police and paramedics attended at about 21:30, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Barry Scott Johnson was charged with his murder and denied…

• Brutal Attack on Two Retired Police Officers in Stoke

  2025-08-28 · Vale Street, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent

  Two retired senior police officers were brutally attacked near the Salvation Army hostel on Vale Street in Stoke on the evening of 28 August 2025. The incident followed a confrontation with John Martin over the attempted theft of a…

• Driver crashed into takeaway on Scotia Road

  2025-07-20 · Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

  21-year-old Daniel Mohammed lost control of a black Ford while driving on Scotia Road in Stoke-on-Trent and crashed into a takeaway. The collision happened at around 6am after Mohammed, who was using a mobile phone and was not insured to…

• Baseball Bat Attack on Springfields Road in Trent Vale

  2025-05-29 · Springfields Road, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent

  46-year-old Karzan Abdullah attacked a man with a metal baseball bat on Springfields Road in Trent Vale. The incident happened at around 10am while the victim was waiting in the street to obtain details of a funeral he was due to attend…

• Series of Stabbings and Car Theft on Wellfield Road in Bentilee

  2025-03-28 · Wellfield Road, Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent

  On the evening of 28 March 2025, a series of linked violent incidents began in Stoke-on-Trent. At about 9:40pm, police received a report that a man had been stabbed inside a home on Wellfield Road in Bentilee. At around the same time on…

• Murder of Ivan Takev in Trent Vale

  2025-03-10 · 21 Lymebrook Place, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent

  38-year-old Ivan Takev died following an incident at a house on Lymebrook Place in Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent. Police were called at around 4:05pm following reports of a disturbance and serious assault. Officers found two injured men…

• Murder of Dora Leese in Meir Park

  2024-04-20 · Catalina Place, Meir Park, Stoke-on-Trent

  Dora Leese was found dead alongside her husband Peter Leese at their home on Catalina Place in Meir Park, Stoke-on-Trent, on 20 April 2024. Police were called to the property shortly before 2pm. A post-mortem examination found that Dora…

• Murder of Carol Matthews in Stoke-on-Trent

  2024-03-20 · Denton Grove, Stoke-on-Trent

  73-year-old Carol Matthews was murdered by her husband at their home on Denton Grove in Stoke-on-Trent. She was paraplegic and had relied on a wheelchair since being diagnosed with cauda equina syndrome in 2000. In the days before her…

• Arson Attack on Hanley Masonic Hall on Bonfire Night

  2023-11-05 · Snow Hill, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent

  On the evening of 5 November 2023, Hanley Masonic Hall on Snow Hill in Shelton was set on fire during a series of incidents of criminal damage in Stoke-on-Trent. According to Staffordshire Police, a large group of masked youths…

• XL Bully Dog Attack on Ellgreave Street in Middleport

  2023-11-01 · Ellgreave Street, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 1 November 2023 at about 9:00pm, police were called to Ellgreave Street in Middleport following reports of a dog attack. According to Staffordshire Police, a dog believed to be an XL Bully attacked two other dogs while members of the…

• Stabbing on Kingsley Street in Meir

  2023-10-29 · Kingsley Street/Stanton Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent

  In the early hours of 29 October 2023, emergency services were called to reports of a stabbing near the junction of Kingsley Street and Stanton Road in Meir. West Midlands Ambulance Service received the call at 4:05am. Paramedics treated…

• Man and Dog Stabbed on Abbey Road in Abbey Hulton

  2023-10-28 · Abbey Road, Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 28 October 2023 at about 1:15pm, police and paramedics were called to a property on Abbey Road in Abbey Hulton following reports of a stabbing. A man in his 40s was found with multiple stab wounds and, after receiving treatment at the…

• Attempted Murder Allegation at Clayworks in Hanley

  2023-10-26 · Clayworks, Smithfield, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 26 October 2023 at about 9:20am, police and paramedics were called to the Clayworks apartment building within the Smithfield development in Hanley city centre following a reported stabbing. The victim was taken to hospital. In…

• Man Repeatedly Stabbed on Kildare Street in Dresden

  2023-10-22 · Kildare Street, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 22 October 2023 at about 1:25am, emergency services were called to Kildare Street in Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, where a man in his 60s had been stabbed multiple times. The victim suffered serious injuries, received treatment at the scene…

• Dog Attack on Two Women in Baker Crescent, Baddeley Green

  2023-10-12 · Baker Crescent, Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 12 October 2023 at about 11:40am, Staffordshire Police were called to a home in Baker Crescent, Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent, following reports of a dog being dangerously out of control and attacking two women. The animal, which…

• Glass Bottle Stabbing on Trinity Street in Hanley

  2023-07-21 · Trinity Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 21 July 2023, shortly after 4:00am, a young man was seriously injured during disorder on Trinity Street in Hanley city centre. Staffordshire Police said the attack was believed to have followed an argument, with the victim, described…

• Assault on Two Men on Glencoe Street in Longton

  2023-06-08 · Glencoe Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 8 June 2023, two men were assaulted on Glencoe Street in Longton. The incident began after Ajay Butler, who was 17 at the time, threw eggs at the windows of a house. When the homeowner asked him to clean up the mess, a confrontation…

• Violent attacks on refuse collectors in Birches Head

  2023-03-21 · Fairhaven Grove / Birches Head Road, Birches Head, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 21 March 2023, refuse collectors were attacked during two linked incidents in the Birches Head area of Stoke-on-Trent. The first attack happened at around 11:15am on Fairhaven Grove, where, following a road incident, Joe Corden got out…

• Murder of Valentina Cozma in Stoke

  2023-02-09 · Campbell Road, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent

  40-year-old Valentina Cozma was killed in a fire at her home on Campbell Road in Stoke-on-Trent. Her estranged husband, 42-year-old Georgian Constantin, doused her with petrol and set her on fire. The couple had separated a month earlier…

• Murder of Lee Woodward in Stoke-on-Trent

  2022-06-24 · Hill Street, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent

  39-year-old Lee Woodward, an Iraq War veteran from Meir, was attacked during a night out in Stoke-on-Trent on 24 June 2022. Following a confrontation connected with a car, Gregory Twigg punched Woodward three times, including blows to the…

• Petrol Bomb Attack on Beverley Drive Home

  2021-12-16 · Beverley Drive, Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 16 December 2021 at around 11pm, a group of men attacked a house on Beverley Drive in Bentilee in revenge for an earlier confrontation on Kildare Street in Longton. Hours earlier, Kashif Ahmed had suffered a stab wound to the shoulder…

• Fatal assault on Benjamin Grosvenor in Hanley

  2021-11-28 · Trinity Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

  Twenty-eight-year-old Benjamin Grosvenor was attacked at approximately 4am on Trinity Street in Hanley after leaving the Reflex nightclub. He had spent the evening with his brother and sister, and they stopped to buy food before…

• Murder of Kimberley Deakin in Stoke-on-Trent

  2020-11-06 · Leigh-Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

  29-year-old Kimberley Deakin was fatally stabbed at her home on Leigh Street in the Burslem area of Stoke-on-Trent. The young mother managed to flee to the street to call for help but tragically died shortly after at the Royal Stoke…

• Sexual Assault Allegations Against Dr Jawad Ahmad in Trentham

  2020-06-20 · Trentham Monkey Forest, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 20 June 2020, Dr Jawad Ahmad, who was working as a urology registrar at Royal Stoke University Hospital, was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at Trentham Monkey Forest in Stoke-on-Trent. Two days later, he…

• Killing of Wendy Morse in Knypersley

  2020-03-19 · Tunstall Road, Knypersley, Staffordshire

  71-year-old Ann Wendy Morse, known as Wendy, was killed at her home on Tunstall Road in Knypersley. Her family became concerned after being unable to contact her, and police found her dead at the property on 22 March 2020; investigators…

• Death of Terry Findler Outside The Tontine in Stoke

  2020-02-08 · Tontine Street, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent

  51-year-old Terry Findler, a bouncer known as “Papa Bear”, died on 8 February 2020 after intervening in a disturbance outside The Tontine pub in Stoke. Findler tackled one of the people involved to the ground before collapsing into an…

• Murder of Megan Newton in Stoke-on-Trent

  2019-04-19 · Fletcher Road, Stoke-on-Trent

  18-year-old Megan Newton, a young football player and coach, was murdered at her flat on Fletcher Road in Stoke-on-Trent. On the evening of 19 April 2019, she met Joseph Trevor, a former school acquaintance, at the Kiln nightclub in…

• Unexplained death of Ruth Greenhough in Stoke-on-Trent

  2019-02-21 · Sneyd Street, Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent

  57-year-old Ruth Greenhough was found dead with head injuries on her living room floor at her home on Sneyd Street, Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent. Her body was discovered by two visiting nurses while her partner was sitting on the sofa…

• Murder of Avan Najmadeen in Fenton

  2018-10-01 · 58 Glebedale Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent

  32-year-old Avan Najmadeen, a mother of four, was murdered at her home on Glebedale Road in Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent. Her estranged husband, 35-year-old Dana Abdullah, attacked her with a kitchen knife, inflicting around 50 stab wounds. The…

• Murder of Samantha Eastwood in Baddeley Green

  2018-07-27 · Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent

  28-year-old Samantha Eastwood, a midwife at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, was murdered at her home on Greenside Avenue in the Baddeley Green area of Stoke-on-Trent. Michael Stirling, with whom Eastwood had been in a relationship…

• Murder of Sarah Jeffery in Baddeley Green

  2017-06-08 · Church Avenue, Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent

  48-year-old Sarah Jeffery was murdered by her husband Christopher Jeffery at their home in the Baddeley Green area of Stoke-on-Trent. Sarah, who had told her husband several days earlier that their marriage was over, returned to the…

• Murder of Two-Year-Old Macey Hogan in Fenton

  2016-10-10 · 27 Packett Street, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent

  Two-year-old Macey Hogan was murdered on 10 October 2016 at her home on Packett Street in Fenton. Her mother, Cody-Anne Jackson, suffocated her daughter before calling the emergency services and reporting that the child was not breathing…

• Murder of Keith Tunstall in Fenton

  2016-06-01 · Victoria Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent

  69-year-old Keith Tunstall was murdered in June 2016 at the home he shared with Raymond Till on Victoria Road in Fenton. Tunstall was found in a bath and his death was initially presented as an accident. Medical evidence, however…

• Murder of Fay Daniels in Chesterton

  2016-04-24 · Victoria Street, Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme

  30-year-old Fay Daniels from Newcastle-under-Lyme was murdered on 24 April 2016 at the home of 36-year-old Phillip Barlow on Victoria Street in Chesterton. Fay and Barlow had known each other for several years. She suffered multiple stab…

• Murder of Linda Norcup in Meir

  2015-06-28 · Beckett Avenue, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent

  46-year-old Linda Norcup was murdered at her home on Beckett Avenue in the Meir area of Stoke-on-Trent. She was strangled in her own bed. Her younger brother, Gareth Hindmarsh, who was around 34–35 years old at the time, was responsible…

• Murder of Michael Scardifield in Newstead

  2015-05-30 · Newstead, Stoke-on-Trent

  40-year-old Michael Scardifield, known as “Milky”, was murdered on 30 May 2015 at his flat in Newstead, Stoke-on-Trent. He was strangled with a strap by his friend Martin Birchall. Witnesses saw Birchall leaving the scene, and he was…

• Killing of Cecilia Powell in Penkhull

  2015-04-07 · Doncaster Lane, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent

  95-year-old Cecilia Powell died at her home on Doncaster Lane in the Penkhull area of Stoke-on-Trent after being repeatedly struck on the head with a wrench by her son, David Powell. Powell claimed that his mother had expressed a wish to…

• Murder of Lindsay Hughes in Tunstall

  2015-02-27 · Furlong Road, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent

  38-year-old Lindsay Hughes was murdered at a flat on Furlong Road in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. She was killed in a brutal attack by Peter Plant, whom she knew and with whom she had spent the evening before the killing. Reports stated that…

• Killing of Lisa Reynolds in Bucknall

  2015-02-27 · Cliveden Road, Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent

  30-year-old Lisa Reynolds, a mother of two boys, was fatally attacked by her partner Barry Knapper at their home on Cliveden Road in Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent. Knapper forced his way into the house and attacked Lisa with a knife, stabbing…

• Murder of Eni Mevish in Shelton

  2014-11-09 · Cauldon Road, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent

  20-year-old Eni Mevish, a Staffordshire University student, was murdered on 9 November 2014 at her home on Cauldon Road in Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent. She was studying Police and Criminal Investigation and dreamed of becoming a police…

• Murder of Ian Shepherd in Stoke-on-Trent

  2014-05-30 · 21 Bishop Road, Stoke-on-Trent

  Ian Shepherd was fatally beaten on 30 May 2014 at a home in Stoke-on-Trent. His partner, Mark Littlejohn, attacked him during an argument, using a wooden table leg among other means of assault. Shepherd suffered extensive injuries and…

• Brutal Attack on Brian Dalley at Cliffe Park Hall

  2013-09-01 · Cliffe Park Hall, Rudyard, Staffordshire

  Seventy-nine-year-old Brian Dalley was attacked by an organised group of burglars at his home, Cliffe Park Hall overlooking Rudyard Lake. The intruders gagged and hooded him, taped him to a medieval chair and repeatedly struck him around…

• Death of Raymond Cannon outside The Jester pub in Fegg Hayes

  2013-05-10 · The Jester, Biddulph Road, Fegg Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent

  52-year-old Raymond Cannon from Biddulph died following a fight outside The Jester pub on Biddulph Road in Fegg Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent. Cannon, a regular at the pub, had earlier been drinking with friends in Burslem and was heading to the…

• Murder of Charlotte Smith in Ladderedge

  2012-09-03 · Ladderedge, Leek

  Charlotte Smith was murdered on 3 September 2012 at her home in Ladderedge, near Leek in Staffordshire. Her 33-year-old husband, Devendra Singh, attacked her inside the property, inflicting fatal injuries during a brutal assault…

• Murder of Dalbagh Singh Malhi in Bentilee

  2012-05-13 · Wellfield Road, Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent

  29-year-old Dalbagh Singh Malhi, known as “Bugsy”, was fatally stabbed in the early hours of 13 May 2012 on Wellfield Road in Bentilee. Malhi, who lived in Burslem, was taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, where he…

• Murder of Samantha Laney in Clayton

  2012-02-21 · Kentmere Place, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme

  19-year-old Samantha Laney was murdered on 21 February 2012 at her father's home in Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme. She had recently ended her relationship with 19-year-old Thomas Dalton and moved out of the flat they had shared. On the…

• Murder of Anna Cuporiova in Cobridge

  2011-03-04 · Elm Street, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent

  43-year-old Anna Cuporiova was murdered at a house on Elm Street in Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent. Her body was discovered by her other son on the afternoon of 4 March 2011. The cause of death was a neck wound. Her son Josef Cupori attempted…

• Murder of Andreas Fantousi on Bond Street in Tunstall

  2010-11-22 · Bond Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent

  30-year-old Andreas Fantousi, a father of two, was fatally stabbed during a street fight on Bond Street in Tunstall on 22 November 2010. The confrontation followed an earlier incident on High Street. During the fight, Fantousi suffered…

• Murder of Kerry Ann Day in Burslem

  2010-04-25 · Astbury Court, Westport Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

  29-year-old Kerry Ann Day was murdered on 25 April 2010 at her home in Astbury Court on Westport Road in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. She was fatally stabbed by her partner, Anthony Lawton. Lawton had problems with alcohol and the couple had…

• Killing of Deborah Wilkes in Leek

  2009-08-23 · Shirley Street, Leek, Staffordshire

  49-year-old Deborah Wilkes was found dead at her home on Shirley Street in Leek, Staffordshire, on 23 August 2009. A post-mortem examination established that she had died from strangulation. Deborah was a mother of three and had…

• Murder of Robert Freeman in Bentilee

  2009-05-10 · Fullwood Walk, Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent

  36-year-old Robert Freeman was found dead in his flat on Fullwood Walk in the Bentilee area of Stoke-on-Trent. A post-mortem examination found that he had died from stab wounds. Three men were charged with his murder: 27-year-old Gareth…

• Murder of Amanda Birks in Norton Heights

  2009-01-18 · 78 Chillington Way, Norton Heights, Stoke-on-Trent

  27-year-old Amanda Birks was murdered by her husband Christopher Birks at their home at 78 Chillington Way in Norton Heights, Stoke-on-Trent. In the early hours of 18 January 2009, firefighters were called to the burning house, where…

• Homicide of Glenn Hollinshead in Fenton

  2008-05-20 · Duke Street, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent

  54-year-old Glenn Hollinshead was fatally stabbed at his home on Duke Street in Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent. Hollinshead had previously met Sabina Eriksson and offered her a place to stay after she was released following an earlier incident on…

• Murder of Sarah Richardson in Brown Lees

  2008-05-12 · Brown Lees, Staffordshire

  26-year-old hairdresser Sarah Richardson was murdered on 12 May 2008 at her parents' home in Brown Lees, where she had been living after separating from her husband. Her 41-year-old husband Edward Richardson became enraged after Sarah…

• Murder of Samantha Bennett in Burslem

  2008-03-19 · Blake Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

  19-year-old Samantha Bennett, a young mother from Tunstall, was murdered on 19 March 2008 in an alleyway off Blake Street in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. Samantha met 21-year-old Matthew John Robinson, who had agreed to pay her £20 for sex…

• Death of Keith Brown in Normacot

  2007-07-06 · Uttoxeter Road, Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent

  52-year-old Keith Brown died on 6 July 2007 during a violent confrontation between two neighbouring families on Uttoxeter Road in Normacot. Brown was fighting with his neighbour's son, Azir, when Habib Khan came out of his home carrying a…

• Death of Mitchel Picken after air-rifle shooting in Stockton Brook

  2006-08-19 · Greenway Hall Road, Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent

  12-year-old Mitchel Picken from Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent, died in hospital two days after being shot in his right eye with an air rifle. The incident happened on 17 August 2006 at a house on Greenway Hall Road in Stockton Brook…

• Murder of Peter Summers in Stoke-on-Trent

  2006-08-17 · Squires View, Stoke-on-Trent

  35-year-old Peter Summers was murdered at his flat on Squires View in Stoke-on-Trent. Michael Smith, who had befriended Summers, learned that around £8,000 was being kept at the property. On 17 August 2006, Smith entered Summers' bedroom…

• Killing of Susan Rondel in Audley

  2005-12-27 · Vernon Close, Audley, Staffordshire

  48-year-old Susan Rondel, originally from Wrexham, was fatally shot at her home in Audley, Staffordshire, during the night of 26–27 December 2005. Her neighbour, 44-year-old Michael Stockton, had been drinking on Boxing Day and used his…

• Killing of Julie Freeman in Longton

  2005-05-10 · Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

  29-year-old Julie Freeman, from Bentilee, died following a violent attack by her partner Jason Griffiths in Longton. Both struggled with drug addiction and had met at the Gingerbread Project in Longton, a refuge supporting homeless…

• Attempted Murder of Lee Knight in Meir Hay

  2005-04-04 · Meir Hay, Stoke-on-Trent

  On 4 April 2005, during their seventh wedding anniversary, Lee Knight was poisoned by his wife Kate Knight at their home in Meir Hay, Stoke-on-Trent. She administered ethylene glycol, a chemical found in antifreeze, in red wine and a…

• Death of David Beech following a brutal assault

  2004-01-01 · Kidsgrove Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

  David Beech died in 2004, seven and a half years after he was brutally assaulted outside a pub in Stoke-on-Trent in June 1997. The attack caused severe brain injuries, leaving him in a vegetative state and requiring round-the-clock care…

• Murder of Frank Bayley on Hartshill Road

  2003-08-18 · 327 Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent

  66-year-old Frank Bayley was killed on 18 August 2003 at the off-licence he operated on Hartshill Road in Stoke-on-Trent. His body was found at the rear of the premises. He died as a result of strangulation. Three men later stood trial in…

• Murder of Anita Stead in Waterhayes

  2002-05-27 · Slindon Close, Waterhayes, Newcastle-under-Lyme

  39-year-old Anita Stead, a mother of four, died on 27 May 2002 in a fire at her home on Slindon Close in Waterhayes, Newcastle-under-Lyme. The blaze was initially believed to have been an accident caused by an electrical fault, but a…

• Murder of Nikki Higgins in Stoke-on-Trent

  2001-02-12 · Chatterley Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

  Nikki (Nikola) Higgins was murdered in Stoke-on-Trent on 12 February 2001. Higgins was homeless and worked as a sex worker. She was attacked by Alan McLaren, who beat and strangled her. Her body was found in a cemetery in Stoke-on-Trent…

• Murder of Kirk Hammersley-Baker in Stoke-on-Trent

  1999-03-19 · Fletcher Road, Stoke-on-Trent

  Seven-year-old Kirk Hammersley-Baker was murdered on 19 March 1999 by his father, Karl Hammersley-Baker. Kirk was strangled with a scarf. His body was wrapped in a duvet, placed in a shopping trolley and concealed in an outbuilding, where…

• Killing of Melanie Gwilt in Norton

  1998-12-23 · Norton, Stoke-on-Trent (exact incident location unverified)

  31-year-old Melanie Gwilt, a Staffordshire mother, was fatally attacked on 23 December 1998. According to contemporary newspaper coverage, Stephen Cartwright encountered her in the early hours and subjected her to a brutal assault…

• Unexplained death of 14-year-old boy in Hanley Park

  1995-11-12 · Hanley Park, Stoke-on-Trent

  A 14-year-old boy was found dead in Hanley Park, Stoke-on-Trent, shortly after 2am. Police launched an investigation to establish the cause of death. At the time the body was discovered, officers said there appeared to be no suspicious…

• Death of Sharon Hall in Bentilee

  1995-03-24 · Paisley Court, Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent

  24-year-old Sharon Hall was found dead on 24 March 1995 at her home in Paisley Court on the Bentilee estate in Stoke-on-Trent. A local coroner opened and adjourned an inquest in April, while contemporary newspaper coverage described the…

• Murder of Tracey Mertens in Eaton Churchyard

  1994-12-23 · Christ Church, Eaton, Congleton, Cheshire

  On 23 December 1994, 31-year-old Tracey Mertens, a mother of two living in Rochdale, was abducted from her former home on Cattells Grove in the Nechells area of Birmingham. Two men forced her into a yellow Ford Escort and drove her…

• Marilyn Cook, Nicholas Cook

  1992-04-09 · 25 Travers Street, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent

  A terraced house on Travers Street in Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent, was set on fire following a dispute with the landlord, Faisal Latif. The blaze killed 40-year-old Marilyn Cook and her 16-year-old son, Nicholas. The perpetrator fled to…

• Unsolved murder of taxi driver Steven Johnson in Mow Cop

  1990-12-22 · Mow Cop

  25-year-old Steven Johnson, from Hanley, was a married father of two young daughters who worked as an insurance salesman and earned extra money as a part-time taxi driver. In the early hours of 22 December 1990, just three days before…

• Kidnapping and murder of Lesley Whittle at Bathpool Park

  1975-01-17 · Bathpool Park, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire

  Seventeen-year-old Lesley Whittle was abducted from her home in Highley, Shropshire, on 14 January 1975. Her kidnapper left instructions demanding a £50,000 ransom before taking her to Bathpool Park near Kidsgrove. Lesley was held on a…

• Murder of Mary Elizabeth Walton in 1963

  1963-02-08 · Rudyard, Staffordshire

  52-year-old Mary Elizabeth Walton was murdered on 8 February 1963 by Gwen Massey of Rudyard. Massey, a Sunday school teacher and choir soloist, had previously been having an affair with the victim's husband, Frank Walton. The affair ended…

• Murder of Alice Wiltshaw in Barlaston

  1952-07-16 · Estoril House, Station Road, Barlaston

  Sixty-two-year-old Alice Maud Mary Wiltshaw was murdered at her home, Estoril House on Station Road in Barlaston. Her attacker assaulted her in the kitchen using heavy logs, vases and other objects. When Alice regained consciousness and…

• Unsolved murder of Herbert Stubbs in Newcastle-under-Lyme

  1945-07-25 · Gallowstree Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme

  25-year-old brickyard worker Herbert Stubbs was shot dead on the night of 25 July 1945 while walking with his wife along Gallowstree Lane, near Keele Road in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The killing occurred shortly after the end of the war in…

• Murder of John Holdcroft between Cobridge and Etruria

  1833-08-19 · Between Cobridge and Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent

  John Holdcroft, a young boy who worked at a pottery factory, was killed in August 1833 following a dispute with Charles Shaw, who worked at the same factory. The confrontation was reportedly connected with a game of pitch-and-toss…